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Blu-ray

The Vietnam War

Author

Ken Burns

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY 959.7043 V6667 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

Blu-ray version.

Languages

English or Spanish dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English descriptive audio.

Performers

Narrated by Peter Coyote.

Publication Information

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2017]

Physical Description

10 videodiscs (approximately 1080 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

TV-MA, L V (language, violence); "The following program contains scenes which may not be suitable to all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised"--Container.

Summary

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides--Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen, digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations.

Notes

"There is no single truth in war"--Container.

Originally broadcast as a documentary miniseries on PBS in 2017.

Special features: The making of "The Vietnam War" ; bonus content.

Contents

  • Volume one. Episode one: Déjà vu (1858-1961)
  • Episode two: Riding the tiger (1961-1963)
  • Episode three: The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)
  • Episode four: Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)
  • Episode five: This is what we do (July 1967-December 1967) --
  • Volume two:. Episode six: Things fall apart (January 1968-July 1968)
  • Episode seven: The Veneer of civilization (June 1968-May 1969)
  • Episode eight: The History of the world (April 1969-May 1970)
  • Episode nine: A Disrespectful loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)
  • Episode ten: The Weight of memory (March 1973-onward).

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